48 Plymouth Coupe
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Guess I should give a brief intro since we like to have them on the car forum I visit.
I've been interested in old cars and trains since I was a kid in the 50's & early 60's. My 48 Plymouth Coupe is about done now. Don't have room to build another old car so decided to finally get started and fill up part of my basement with an HO train layout. I've been interested in Model & toy trains since a kid in the 50's. Had an old Lionel then, but after my younger brother had it, then several nephews it's long since vanished. I like the HO Scale better anyway since you can get more into a smaller space. So, that's the way I'm headed now.
As with the coupe I do not plan to make an exact replica of any particular city or rail line. Just want to build a nice looking layout in the 50's/60's era that could have existed. This will be a long project because I plan on building most of the buildings and scenery myself. That's where my problems may come up. Methods of how to do it. I did find a post by someone that shows realistic looking trees and shrubs. That's going to come in handy and was really one of the things I was looking for the most. I'm sure I'll have questions from time to time because I'm a novice at this hobby. So, please excuse any dumb questions I may ask. We tell people on the car forum the only dumb question is the one they didn't ask. Hope it's the same way here.
Right now, I'm still in the planning stage. Have two train swap meets lined up for February and March. My initial layout will be about 58" x 48". Have not really decided on my first train set yet. I did talk to Walther's yesterday on the phone. Once I get the table built I will visit their store. The Walther's warehouse is only about 2 or 3 miles from me. Since it's my first layout I'm starting with an inexpensive train set, they later I can hopefully expand or replace it.
Any suggestions or comments on the above will be greatly appreciated.
I've been interested in old cars and trains since I was a kid in the 50's & early 60's. My 48 Plymouth Coupe is about done now. Don't have room to build another old car so decided to finally get started and fill up part of my basement with an HO train layout. I've been interested in Model & toy trains since a kid in the 50's. Had an old Lionel then, but after my younger brother had it, then several nephews it's long since vanished. I like the HO Scale better anyway since you can get more into a smaller space. So, that's the way I'm headed now.
As with the coupe I do not plan to make an exact replica of any particular city or rail line. Just want to build a nice looking layout in the 50's/60's era that could have existed. This will be a long project because I plan on building most of the buildings and scenery myself. That's where my problems may come up. Methods of how to do it. I did find a post by someone that shows realistic looking trees and shrubs. That's going to come in handy and was really one of the things I was looking for the most. I'm sure I'll have questions from time to time because I'm a novice at this hobby. So, please excuse any dumb questions I may ask. We tell people on the car forum the only dumb question is the one they didn't ask. Hope it's the same way here.
Right now, I'm still in the planning stage. Have two train swap meets lined up for February and March. My initial layout will be about 58" x 48". Have not really decided on my first train set yet. I did talk to Walther's yesterday on the phone. Once I get the table built I will visit their store. The Walther's warehouse is only about 2 or 3 miles from me. Since it's my first layout I'm starting with an inexpensive train set, they later I can hopefully expand or replace it.
Any suggestions or comments on the above will be greatly appreciated.